85 counties opt in to public health funding before deadline
Five Indiana counties are choosing to give up a combined maximum of $3.3 million in enhanced public health funding from the state in 2024.... Read More
Whitney Downard
Indiana Capital Chronicle
Families urge FSSA to halt proposed ABA therapy cuts
Indianapolis parents rallied outside the Governor's Residence in wake of a proposed cut to reimbursement rates for Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy.... Read More
Tony Dungy not-for-profit gets state dollars but little scrutiny
Florida-based All Pro Dad is one of the few organizations explicitly funded by Indiana taxpayers with its own budget line item. But the state agency tasked with overseeing the contract sidestepped questions about the grant with the little-known entity.... Read More
36K Hoosiers lost Medicaid coverage under ‘unwinding’
The number of Hoosiers who lost Medicaid coverage due to an “unwinding” of COVID-19 protections decreased significantly in June.... Read More
Indiana ends fiscal year with $2.9B in reserves
Indiana ended the 2023 fiscal year with $2.9 billion in reserve accounts, far short of the $6.1 billion it reported in 2022, according to a Thursday release. Lawmakers also plowed $3.1 billion into one-time spending, bringing down the surplus.... Read More
Room for individual, narrower legal action on abortion ban, legal experts say
A split ruling from the Indiana Supreme Court has left the door open to both individual future challenges and further restrictions to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Now, some legal experts are warning that Hoosiers could directly petition the courts.... Read More
Study shows sharp increases in maternal deaths
A study from the University of Washington released Monday shows maternal mortality rates more than doubled in some states between 1999 and 2019, with sharp increases for some racial and ethnic groups.... Read More
Report: Hoosiers paid $29M in 2021 for payday loan finance charges
Capping interest rates on Indiana “payday” loans at a 36% Annual Percentage Rate could have saved Hoosier borrowers more than $26 million in 2021, according to a recent analysis released by the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute. ... Read More
Attorney General’s Office investigates health care fraud
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office, through its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, joined more than a dozen states and the federal government Wednesday in a nationwide enforcement action against 78 individuals charged with $2.5 billion in Medicaid Fraud.... Read More
Pregnant workers get federal protections
Pregnant workers employed in Indiana now have access to guaranteed accommodations after the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal law that Indiana repeatedly failed to enact in previous years, went into effect Tuesday.... Read More